“During a recent review we determined that the Integrative Medicine program at Affinity Medical Group no longer served the needs of our community,” Affinity said in a statement to Oshkosh Northwestern Media Monday. “After careful consideration, we made the difficult decision to close that program.”

These centers offer acupuncture, aromatherapy, massage therapy, yoga and other treatments, and staff four specialists: two doctors, a massage therapist and an acupuncturist, according to the integrative medicine office website.

Oshkosh’s Mary Kimball Anhaltzer Center for Integrative Medicine is named for Mary Anhaltzer, who fought during the late '90s to bring a clinic that offers holistic care to Oshkosh during her lifetime, and set up a trust to realize that vision after she died.

That clinic was founded with funds from Oshkosh's Alberta S. Kimball-Mary L. Anhaltzer Foundation — Anhaltzer's foundation — and the Alexandra Charitable Trust, a charity established by former Oshkosh businessman Ted Leyhe, who passed in 2008.

“I know that Mary (Anhaltzer) was very interested introducing into Oshkosh the concept that holistic treatment (could work),” said Clare Springs, founding partner of San Francisco firm Springs & Associates, which now manages that trust.

Affinity didn’t send word of it's decision to close Oshkosh’s holistic center and had not sought further donations recently, either, Springs said.

A representative with the Alexandra Charitable Trust could not provide specifics on the charity's contribution to the center, but wasn't aware of Affinity's plans to close the clinic.

Affinity, in a statement, did not specify who it had contacted before deciding to close the clinic, just that it had followed procedures.

"There is an established protocol for notifying donors who have supported a program or service prior to an anticipated change or closure, which was followed as the change to the Integrative Medicine program took place," according to Affinity's statement Monday.

Anhaltzer, through her foundation, worked to bring a holistic clinic to Oshkosh while she was alive, and set up a trust to realize those efforts after she was gone. Springs said it's possible the Fox Valley just can’t support an office that offers alternative care.

“I’m really sorry that it’s closing,” Springs said. “I’m concerned that (Oshkosh) needs a greater population to support Mary’s dream.”

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